Catalina Goanta
@cgoanta.bsky.social
Associate prof in private law & tech (Utrecht University) & PI ERC Research Stg HUMANads '22-'27 @goanta@someone.elses.computer
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"Hanging with the T-Bros"
youtu.be/QWT_A_7Jh9Y?...
(Who else than @cgoanta.bsky.social introduced me to T-Bros influencers)
youtu.be/QWT_A_7Jh9Y?...
(Who else than @cgoanta.bsky.social introduced me to T-Bros influencers)
August 20, 2025 at 6:03 AM
"Hanging with the T-Bros"
youtu.be/QWT_A_7Jh9Y?...
(Who else than @cgoanta.bsky.social introduced me to T-Bros influencers)
youtu.be/QWT_A_7Jh9Y?...
(Who else than @cgoanta.bsky.social introduced me to T-Bros influencers)
🧶New influencer case in NL: the Court of Gelderland ordered a food influencer to pay back €38,642.01 in welfare benefits (bijstand) received while the influencer was also getting brand deals (mostly barters). uitspraken.rechtspraak.nl/details?id=E...
3 important takeaways:
3 important takeaways:
Rechtspraak.nl - Zoeken in uitspraken
Zoeken in uitspraken
uitspraken.rechtspraak.nl
July 16, 2025 at 10:56 AM
🧶New influencer case in NL: the Court of Gelderland ordered a food influencer to pay back €38,642.01 in welfare benefits (bijstand) received while the influencer was also getting brand deals (mostly barters). uitspraken.rechtspraak.nl/details?id=E...
3 important takeaways:
3 important takeaways:
The White House is doing influencer press briefings now and it speaks volume as to why journalists can’t be replaced
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
The White House is now holding press briefings specifically for MAGA influencers
‘So what direction do you advise me to go into?’ one MAGA media personality asked during the first ‘official influencer’ briefing that Karoline Leavitt held this week
www.independent.co.uk
May 3, 2025 at 5:56 AM
The White House is doing influencer press briefings now and it speaks volume as to why journalists can’t be replaced
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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Had a fantastic time at @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social last week. It was great to have discussions on the very timely topic of political influencers with @hannakainen.bsky.social, Johanna Arnesson, @taylorannabell.bsky.social and Romanian streamer Faiãr. Thank you for having us @cgoanta.bsky.social!
March 14, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Had a fantastic time at @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social last week. It was great to have discussions on the very timely topic of political influencers with @hannakainen.bsky.social, Johanna Arnesson, @taylorannabell.bsky.social and Romanian streamer Faiãr. Thank you for having us @cgoanta.bsky.social!
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I’ve posted a number of threads over the past couple of weeks explaining the framework I’ve developed around disordered discourse and its outcomes.
But I also want to explain why that framework is useful, beyond just mapping the problem or explaining how we got here.
But I also want to explain why that framework is useful, beyond just mapping the problem or explaining how we got here.
March 14, 2025 at 8:53 AM
I’ve posted a number of threads over the past couple of weeks explaining the framework I’ve developed around disordered discourse and its outcomes.
But I also want to explain why that framework is useful, beyond just mapping the problem or explaining how we got here.
But I also want to explain why that framework is useful, beyond just mapping the problem or explaining how we got here.
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@naomiappelman.bsky.social promoveert op het proefschrift: 'Contesting Online Exclusion. #EU-regulation of content moderation through an agonistic lens' op 28 februari. Haar promotoren zijn prof. dr. N. Helberger en prof. @jvh.bsky.social. https://bit.ly/4jYc8i5
Contesting Online Exclusion. EU-regulation of content moderation through an agonistic lens
Naomi Appelman will defend the dissertation 'Contesting Online Exclusion. EU-regulation of content moderation through an agonistic lens'. Supervisors are Prof. N. Helberger and Prof. J.V.J. van Hoboken.
bit.ly
February 18, 2025 at 10:00 AM
@naomiappelman.bsky.social promoveert op het proefschrift: 'Contesting Online Exclusion. #EU-regulation of content moderation through an agonistic lens' op 28 februari. Haar promotoren zijn prof. dr. N. Helberger en prof. @jvh.bsky.social. https://bit.ly/4jYc8i5
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When kids become their parents' content on TikTok! 🤳✨ Check out this timely paper by our community members @tomdivon.bsky.social @taylorannabell.bsky.social @cgoanta.bsky.social 👇
New publication! 🚨 Together with my brill team (@taylorannabell.bsky.social & @cgoanta.bsky.social), we explore how parents turn kids into commodities on TikTok, diving into the nuances of *kidfluencers* & raising legal questions about platform governance. See🧵 journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
February 17, 2025 at 9:25 PM
When kids become their parents' content on TikTok! 🤳✨ Check out this timely paper by our community members @tomdivon.bsky.social @taylorannabell.bsky.social @cgoanta.bsky.social 👇
Reposted by Catalina Goanta
X raises its Premium+ subscription to $40 per month, or $395 per year, after raising it to $22 per month in December 2024, following Grok3's launch (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
February 18, 2025 at 10:35 AM
X raises its Premium+ subscription to $40 per month, or $395 per year, after raising it to $22 per month in December 2024, following Grok3's launch (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
Reposted by Catalina Goanta
New publication! 🚨 Together with my brill team (@taylorannabell.bsky.social & @cgoanta.bsky.social), we explore how parents turn kids into commodities on TikTok, diving into the nuances of *kidfluencers* & raising legal questions about platform governance. See🧵 journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
February 14, 2025 at 2:18 PM
New publication! 🚨 Together with my brill team (@taylorannabell.bsky.social & @cgoanta.bsky.social), we explore how parents turn kids into commodities on TikTok, diving into the nuances of *kidfluencers* & raising legal questions about platform governance. See🧵 journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
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Trump White House redefines ‘the press’:
“Whether you are a TikTok content creator, a blogger, a podcaster … if you are producing legitimate news content, you will be allowed to apply for press credentials to this White House”
Seems small, huge ramifications!
www.niemanlab.org/2025/01/whit...
“Whether you are a TikTok content creator, a blogger, a podcaster … if you are producing legitimate news content, you will be allowed to apply for press credentials to this White House”
Seems small, huge ramifications!
www.niemanlab.org/2025/01/whit...
White House will reserve front-row seats in press briefings for influencers, podcasters, and others in “new media”
When she took the podium for the first time on Tuesday afternoon, Karoline Leavitt became the youngest White House press secretary in history. The 27-year-old New Hampshire native is the sixth working...
www.niemanlab.org
January 28, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Trump White House redefines ‘the press’:
“Whether you are a TikTok content creator, a blogger, a podcaster … if you are producing legitimate news content, you will be allowed to apply for press credentials to this White House”
Seems small, huge ramifications!
www.niemanlab.org/2025/01/whit...
“Whether you are a TikTok content creator, a blogger, a podcaster … if you are producing legitimate news content, you will be allowed to apply for press credentials to this White House”
Seems small, huge ramifications!
www.niemanlab.org/2025/01/whit...
Regulation vibe shift: adopting rules to hold predatory practices by highly powerful tech companies accountable is ‘screwing’ with US industry.
The Brussels effect had a good run, platform governance will now likely go back to its initial US colonialism.
www.politico.eu/article/zuck...
The Brussels effect had a good run, platform governance will now likely go back to its initial US colonialism.
www.politico.eu/article/zuck...
Zuckerberg urges Trump to stop the EU from fining US tech companies
Comparing the bloc’s antitrust penalties to tariffs, the Meta boss argued that Brussels is “screwing with” American industry.
www.politico.eu
January 11, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Regulation vibe shift: adopting rules to hold predatory practices by highly powerful tech companies accountable is ‘screwing’ with US industry.
The Brussels effect had a good run, platform governance will now likely go back to its initial US colonialism.
www.politico.eu/article/zuck...
The Brussels effect had a good run, platform governance will now likely go back to its initial US colonialism.
www.politico.eu/article/zuck...
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🎉 Our paper "Influencer self-disclosure practices on Instagram: A multi-country longitudinal study" is officially out
🔗 shorturl.at/v2znK
Led by @thalesbertaglia.bsky.social w/Adriana Iamnitchi, @cgoanta.bsky.social we analyzed 1M+ Instagram posts (2010–2020) from 400 influencers across 🇺🇸🇧🇷🇳🇱🇩🇪
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🔗 shorturl.at/v2znK
Led by @thalesbertaglia.bsky.social w/Adriana Iamnitchi, @cgoanta.bsky.social we analyzed 1M+ Instagram posts (2010–2020) from 400 influencers across 🇺🇸🇧🇷🇳🇱🇩🇪
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January 6, 2025 at 11:05 AM
🎉 Our paper "Influencer self-disclosure practices on Instagram: A multi-country longitudinal study" is officially out
🔗 shorturl.at/v2znK
Led by @thalesbertaglia.bsky.social w/Adriana Iamnitchi, @cgoanta.bsky.social we analyzed 1M+ Instagram posts (2010–2020) from 400 influencers across 🇺🇸🇧🇷🇳🇱🇩🇪
>>>
🔗 shorturl.at/v2znK
Led by @thalesbertaglia.bsky.social w/Adriana Iamnitchi, @cgoanta.bsky.social we analyzed 1M+ Instagram posts (2010–2020) from 400 influencers across 🇺🇸🇧🇷🇳🇱🇩🇪
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Our legal computational paper led by @ThalesBertaglia w @gerasimoss & @2late2matter is out in Online Social Networks & Media! We look at self-disclosure practices by 400 influencers from 4 countries (NL, DE, BR & US) in 1m Instagram posts across 10 years.
sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
January 5, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Our legal computational paper led by @ThalesBertaglia w @gerasimoss & @2late2matter is out in Online Social Networks & Media! We look at self-disclosure practices by 400 influencers from 4 countries (NL, DE, BR & US) in 1m Instagram posts across 10 years.
sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
The Romanian Constitutional Court decision in the first of its kind annulment of the presidential elections of 2024 has now been motivated 🧵
s.iw.ro/gateway/g/Zmls…
s.iw.ro/gateway/g/Zmls…
https://s.iw.ro/gateway/g/Zmls…
December 6, 2024 at 8:52 PM
The Romanian Constitutional Court decision in the first of its kind annulment of the presidential elections of 2024 has now been motivated 🧵
s.iw.ro/gateway/g/Zmls…
s.iw.ro/gateway/g/Zmls…
RO president declassified intelligence reports about the presidential elections. Apart from the expected dimension of Russian interference & bots, TikTok confirmed one account paid €391k to other accounts supporting Calin Georgescu #monetization
hotnews.ro/wp-content/upl…
hotnews.ro/wp-content/upl…
https://hotnews.ro/wp-content/upl…
December 6, 2024 at 8:51 PM
RO president declassified intelligence reports about the presidential elections. Apart from the expected dimension of Russian interference & bots, TikTok confirmed one account paid €391k to other accounts supporting Calin Georgescu #monetization
hotnews.ro/wp-content/upl…
hotnews.ro/wp-content/upl…
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Wow, the e-commerce strategy of TikTok (US) is reaching a whole new level and it's WILD. Here's an example: this influencer is sharing some hair growth tips - no disclosed brand partnerships, no e-commerce features embedded to her content...or so it seems 👀 1/
December 5, 2024 at 4:38 AM
Wow, the e-commerce strategy of TikTok (US) is reaching a whole new level and it's WILD. Here's an example: this influencer is sharing some hair growth tips - no disclosed brand partnerships, no e-commerce features embedded to her content...or so it seems 👀 1/
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'EU upcoming Regulation on Transparency and Targeting of Political Advertising (TTPA) introduces significant new legal uncertainties... key technical guidance may not be finalized until (too late). Google will stop serving political advertising in the EU' before Oct'25
blog.google/around-the-g...
blog.google/around-the-g...
An update on political advertising in the European Union
Google will stop serving political advertising in the EU ahead of new regulation in October 2025.
blog.google
December 2, 2024 at 7:43 AM
'EU upcoming Regulation on Transparency and Targeting of Political Advertising (TTPA) introduces significant new legal uncertainties... key technical guidance may not be finalized until (too late). Google will stop serving political advertising in the EU' before Oct'25
blog.google/around-the-g...
blog.google/around-the-g...
The Romanian presidential elections i.a. the fake account networks of the most popular candidate (independent & coming out of nowhere) will be a test of defining systemic risks under art 34(1)(c) of the Digital Services Act (negative effects on elections)
www.politico.eu/article/elec...
www.politico.eu/article/elec...
TikTok CEO summoned to European Parliament over role in shock Romania election
The role of Chinese-owned TikTok is under scrutiny following the shock victory of a far-right candidate in Romania’s election.
www.politico.eu
November 26, 2024 at 9:32 PM
The Romanian presidential elections i.a. the fake account networks of the most popular candidate (independent & coming out of nowhere) will be a test of defining systemic risks under art 34(1)(c) of the Digital Services Act (negative effects on elections)
www.politico.eu/article/elec...
www.politico.eu/article/elec...
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Who were the biggest anti-Trump #resistance influencers born out of Trump's first presidency?
Looking for people who became big on Twitter through posting resistance/anti Trump content.
Looking for people who became big on Twitter through posting resistance/anti Trump content.
November 25, 2024 at 2:17 AM
Who were the biggest anti-Trump #resistance influencers born out of Trump's first presidency?
Looking for people who became big on Twitter through posting resistance/anti Trump content.
Looking for people who became big on Twitter through posting resistance/anti Trump content.
So it seems there was a candidate behind this campaign and for many other reasons he was most voted in the first round. Very interesting & scary: a rather artificial engagement campaign led to virality that influenced TikTok’s *search bar* and further amplified the candidate 🫠
Curious about how a basic political influencer campaign looks like? I scraped TikTok and analyzed 40 videos made for the upcoming Romanian presidential elections.
humanads.eu/influencers-...
humanads.eu/influencers-...
Influencers & elections: An Eastern European campaign blueprint | Human Ads ERC
A brief empirical analysis of an influencer marketing campaign from November 2024 for the presidential elections in Romania
humanads.eu
November 25, 2024 at 10:19 AM
So it seems there was a candidate behind this campaign and for many other reasons he was most voted in the first round. Very interesting & scary: a rather artificial engagement campaign led to virality that influenced TikTok’s *search bar* and further amplified the candidate 🫠
Reposted by Catalina Goanta
We tried to analyze the ad ecosystem of TikTok with the data available in February: tiktok-audit.com/blog/2024/ad...
🛒 Ads, Ads, Ads | auditing TikTok
How the for you feed is clogged with ads.
tiktok-audit.com
November 22, 2024 at 2:21 PM
We tried to analyze the ad ecosystem of TikTok with the data available in February: tiktok-audit.com/blog/2024/ad...
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Wrapped up the day with a guest lecture on influencers, social commerce, and consumer protection (Taylor's version) with the WONDERFUL students of @elibietti.bsky.social. Reminded me how much I love teaching and *how much I learn from students* 🫶
November 20, 2024 at 11:30 PM
Wrapped up the day with a guest lecture on influencers, social commerce, and consumer protection (Taylor's version) with the WONDERFUL students of @elibietti.bsky.social. Reminded me how much I love teaching and *how much I learn from students* 🫶
Reposted by Catalina Goanta
Today was truly a special day of my research stay in the US 💫 I had such a blast presenting my draft article on the regulation of e-commerce on social media under the DSA at @nusl.bsky.social. Forever grateful to @elibietti.bsky.social & @lexlanham.bsky.social for making it happen!
November 20, 2024 at 11:30 PM
Today was truly a special day of my research stay in the US 💫 I had such a blast presenting my draft article on the regulation of e-commerce on social media under the DSA at @nusl.bsky.social. Forever grateful to @elibietti.bsky.social & @lexlanham.bsky.social for making it happen!
Regulators around the world
November 21, 2024 at 3:37 PM
Regulators around the world
Curious about how a basic political influencer campaign looks like? I scraped TikTok and analyzed 40 videos made for the upcoming Romanian presidential elections.
humanads.eu/influencers-...
humanads.eu/influencers-...
Influencers & elections: An Eastern European campaign blueprint | Human Ads ERC
A brief empirical analysis of an influencer marketing campaign from November 2024 for the presidential elections in Romania
humanads.eu
November 20, 2024 at 8:31 AM
Curious about how a basic political influencer campaign looks like? I scraped TikTok and analyzed 40 videos made for the upcoming Romanian presidential elections.
humanads.eu/influencers-...
humanads.eu/influencers-...